PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia centre Zac Rinaldo said the Flyers were embarrassed by the way they started Saturday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets.

They weren’t, however, displeased with how they finished.

Wayne Simmonds scored a go-ahead goal about halfway through the third period and Philadelphia erased an early deficit and beat Winnipeg 5-3.

Brayden Schenn scored two goals and Claude Giroux added one for the Flyers, who scored three on the power play. Evander Kane, Olli Jokinen and Alexander Burmistrov scored for the Jets, whose road-game winning streak ended at 2.

“The first 10 minutes weren’t pretty,” Flyers centre Danny Briere. “But after that, I thought we took over the game. We didn’t give them much. That was pretty amazing, the way we stuck with the game.”

As they did in each of their past two games, the Flyers came out flat. Jets left wing Evander Kane camped out beside goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and scored the first goal —the third game in a row, and fifth in six in which the Flyers fell behind 1-0.

At one point in the first period, they trailed the Jets in shots, 12-1.

The Flyers bounced back before the first period was over, peppering Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec with 16 unanswered shots.

Pavelec finished with 34 saves.

“It’s the same story,” Giroux said. “Just our intensity, the way we play — we’re not winning battles, we’re not skating. I think tonight was a good test for us. Those games at home, we’ve got to win them. Tonight was huge.”

In a surprise move, Flyers left wing Scott Hartnell, who had missed the last 16 games with a broken foot, was a last-minute addition to the lineup. He finished with five shots on goal.

Simmonds — who added an assist — seemed to spark Philadelphia when he fought Jets tough guy Chris Thorburn at 9:07 of the first period. Moments after the tussle, Schenn scored to tie the game.

Olli Jokinen and Alexander Burmistrov scored the next two goals, giving the Jets a 3-1 lead. After Giroux scored on the power play from the point for the Flyers, Winnipeg still carried a 3-2 lead heading into the final period.

Bryzgalov, who started his league-high 18th game of the season, made 36 saves.

Capitals 5, Devils 1: At Washington, Alex Ovechkin produced his first hat trick in more than two years, leading struggling Washington to a victory over New Jersey.

So when Ovechkin texted Oates the other day, lamenting that it seemed as though the puck simply did not want to go in the net, the first-time NHL head coach replied: “It’s going to come.”

Sure did Saturday, over and over again.

“For a player, if you feel that kind of trust from a coach, coaching staff, it’s very important,” Ovechkin said after his 11th career hat trick. “And teammates see it.”

Alternating between his customary left wing and the right side, precisely how Oates wants, Ovechkin put Washington ahead 1-0 by sending a one-timer past Hedberg from the left circle off a pass from Mike Ribeiro, who finished with two assists.

Ovechkin celebrated by dropping to a knee and pumping his right fist before spinning and skating over to the boards to slam against the glass with both gloves.

Anze Kopitar also scored and Jonathan Quick made 23 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who won for the fifth time in six games after beginning the day 11th in the Western Conference and two points out of a playoff spot. Last season, the Kings became the first team in history to win the Cup as an eighth seed.

Oilers 3, Coyotes 2: At Edmonton, Jordan Eberle scored in regulation and in the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game slide with a 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday afternoon.

Sam Gagner also scored in the shootout and Teemu Hartikainen had the other goal in regulation for the Oilers (7-7-3), who rallied back from a two-goal deficit to close out their five-game home stand 2-3.